Tabget appabatus



D. C. COY.

TARGET APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 4. IamA Patented J une 10, 1919.D

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TARGET AEPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June i6, 1919.

Application led October ll, 191e. Serial No. 256,@73.

To all whom may concern.'

Be it known that I, DANIEL C. Cov, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Riverton, in the county of Salt Lake, State of Utah, haveinvented a new and useful Target Apparatus; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the saine. t

This invention relates to an -improved target apparatus, adapted for usein connection with various rifle ranges, preferably the outdoor type.

As an aim of the invention it is the object to provide an automatictarget, electrically Operated, toindicates the score, corresponding toeach shot upon hitting the target:

The invention further aims to provide a target apparatus involving theplurality of telescopic sections having upon their 'front ends apluralityl of disks, gradually diminishing in diameter to the bulls eyeofthe target, thereby indicatingthe various rings of the target, incombination with electrical means actuated by the sections and connectedtov any suitable indicator, either an annunciator or a clock dial, forindicating the score of each shot, the total of which after ten shotsmay be taken by an attendant on the range. I

A further object of the invention is .the provision of gravity means forrestoring each section and its disk to its normal position in contactwith limiting means for the sections.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a support for thetar et sections, and also anti-frictionalmeans tween the sections,whereby the sections may easily move incident to the impact of theproJectile or bullet.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitatealterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts ashereinafter set forth shown in the drawings and claimed.

in the drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the target apparatusconstructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the` same.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Vto 9 in their forward movements.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the target appay ratus.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring more especially to the drawings, l designates an uprightmember, which is provided with an opening 2, the cylindrical Wall ofwhich -is provided with a channel 3, and projecting rearwardly from theupright is a triangular shaped support 4. Arranged in the opening 2 is aplurality of telescopic slidable tu'bulai' sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9,the tubular section 5 telescopically fits the opening 2. rlhe sections 5to 8 inclusive have their exteriors near their forward ends providedwith threads 10, to engage the threads of the openings 11 of the severaldisks 12, 13, 14, and 15. Formed integrally with the section 9 on itsforward end is a disk 16, which is smaller in diameter than the disks 12to 15 inclusive (which constitute or indicate the various rings of thetarget), and this disk 16 indicates or is designed as the bulls eye ofthe target. The rear end of the section 9 is exteriorily threaded asshown at 17, so as to thread into the opening 18 of a disk 19. Theinteriors of the various tubular sections 5 to 8 inclusive are larger indiameter than the eXteriors of the sections 6 to 9 inclusive, wherebysaid sections are spaced from each other. The exterio'rs of the sections6 to 9 inclusive are provided with longitudinally arranged elongatedgrooves or channels 20. The section 5 is also provided withlongitudinally extending elongated channels 21. These channels orgrooves 20 and 21 are arranged at diametrically opposite points on thesections and are designed to be engaged by the anti-frictional ballbearings 22. The forward ends of the interiors of the sections 5 to 8inclusive have limiting shoulders 23 A'for the ball bearings. The rearends of the interiors of the sections 5 to 8 inclusive have threads 24,to be engaged by the threaded rings 25, through which rings the sections6 to 9 telescopically pass. Formed integral with the rear ends of thesections 5 to 8 inclusive are circular disks 26, and the disk 26 of thesection 5 engages the rear face of the slipport 1 to limit the section 5iii its forward movement. Suitable stops or limiting device 27 areprovided, to limit the sections 6 Pivoted at 28 to the rearwardlyextendin support e are levers 29 having suitable weig ts or othergravity members 30 adjustably mounted on Till@ their long arms by theset screws 31. The short arms of the levers 29 are curved as shown andare designed to engage the rear faces of the disks 26 to hold them inContact with the limiting stops 27, so as to hold the sections 5 to 9inclusive in their forward normal positions, and the disks 12 to 16inclusive equally spaced. The lower parts of the disks 19 and 26 areprovided with contact members 33, which are insulated from the disks bymeans of the insulation 34. The lower part of the support 4 has securedas at 35 contact members 36. A series of annunciators 37, 38, 39, and 41is provided, and their drop members 42 have their front faces providedwith score numbers 5 to 1 inclusive, corresponding to the score numbersof the member or disks 12 to 16 inclusive, that is corresponding to thescore numbers on the face of the target, so that when either one of thedisks 12 to 16 is struck by a bullet orprojectile say for instance thebulls eye disk 16 the annunciator 37 will lbe actuated giving the scorenumber 5. Either one or the other annunciators may be similarly actuatedwhen its respective disk of the target is struck. For instance, each oneof the annunciators is in circuit with a pair of movable and stationarycontacts 33 and 36 by the wires 43 and battery 44. When one of thetubular sections is moved incident to the impact of the bullet, its reardisk 26 also moves and brings its contact 33 in contact with thestationary contact 36, actuating the respective annunciator, as may beobvious from a careful perusal of the drawings.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis:

1. In a target apparatus, the combination with ya support, of aplurality of gravity actuated members on said support, a series.

of target elements mounted on the support and held in normal positionsby said gravity actuating members, and means actuated b'y said targetmembers for closing electric circuits, and indicators in circuit withsaid means.

2. ln a target apparatus, the combination with a support, of gravityholding members on said support, a plurality of target elements havingtelescopic parts to be engaged by the holding means to hold the targetelements in their normal spaced relations, indicators having electriccircuits and means actuated by said parts and being in said circuits foroperating the indicators.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL c. cov.

Witnesses:

HARVEY E. PAGE, J. W. DANsIE.

